A very important world problem is the growth of population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than 6,500,000,000. That is a great number and we know it quite well. The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now, but is the rate (速度) of the growth. It is about 1.63% every year after the number of dead people has been taken away.

To give you some ideas of the birth rate, look at the second hand of your watch. Every second, four babies are born in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! You can not speak quickly enough to keep up with the birth rate. The population is growing faster and faster. So it goes on, hour after hour. In one day, people have to find food for over 350,000 mouths more.

This great growth of population will make a big problem by the year 2010—there will be as many as 7,000,000,000 people on the earth! So this is one of the biggest problems that you are going to meet within your life.

1.What’s one of the important world problems today according to the passage?

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2.What is the growth rate of population every year?

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3.将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。

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4.From the passage, how many new babies are there to be born in a minute?

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5.What may be the population of the world by the year 2010?

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What do people do with their old, out of date but still useful computers?  1  Many old computers are put away. Many more are simply thrown away as rubbish.

Finally, some companies are thinking of ways to bring down the number of old computers.   2    Dell, Hewlett Packard and other companies now also take back some old computers of their own brands.

In some countries, laws have been passed, too. Computer companies have to pay for collecting and recycling their used products. And 70% of computer waste must be recycled.   3  That will encourage them to make computers which are easier and cheaper to repair and upgrade(升级).

Yet many people are throwing away good computers,  4  Hundreds of organizations are working on this problem. They collect and repair old computers. Some also teach others how to repair computers.    5   Giving a used computer to one of these organizations can turn one person’s rubbish into someone else’s useful things and cut down waste, too.

选择正确的句子完成短文。

A.  while others cannot afford them at all.

B.  Sony has agreed to help recycle old Sony products(产品).

C.  Most people don’t know how to deal with them.

D.  These repaired computers then go to schools, charities(慈善团体) or people who need them.

E.  The idea behind the laws is that computer companies themselves should pay for the cost.

The Red Cross Society of China（RCSC）（中国红十字会）has so far received 150 million yuan (18 million U.S. dollars) as donation (捐款) for tsunami-hit (遭受海啸袭击的) countries, reports from the RCSC said on January 14, 2005.

2.66 million U.S. dollars of the money were sent to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Maldives soon after they were hit by the killer disaster（灾难）late last month. The rest of the money will be sent for rebuilding villages, schools and orphanages (homes for children who lost their parents) in the disaster areas, the reports said.

According to the reports, two RCSC’s rescue (营救) teams have arrived in Indonesia and Sri Lanka on Friday. A third team will go to Thailand early next week.

The RCSC will report how much money has been collected and the uses of the money on its website on time, the reports said.

(   )1.The passage is probably from _____.

A.a newspaper                                          B.an advertisement

C.an instruction (指导) book               D.a storybook

(   )2.Which countries were hit by a tsunami (海啸)？

A.Indonesia, China.                                   B.Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

C.Thailand, Japan and Maldives.          D.Sri Lanka, Australia.

(   )3.How many RCSC’s rescue teams have arrived in the tsunami-hit countries?

A.One.                  B.Two.                  C.Three.                       D.Four.

(   )4.The rest of the money will be used to rebuild _____ in the disaster area.

A.schools, airports and shops                     B.villages, factories and stations

C.orphanages, gyms and schools         D.villages, schools and orphanages

(   )5.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The RCSC has so far received U.S. $ 20.66 million in donation for tsunami-hit countries.

B.A third team will be sent to Maldives next week.

C.Two RCSC’s rescue teams have arrived in Thailand.

D.The uses of the money will be reported on its website on time by the RCSC.

A kind of little cars may take the place of today’s big ones many years later. If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will also be more space for parking in cities, and the streets will be less crowded.

The little cars of the future will cost less. Driving will be safer, too, since these little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour. The cars of the future will be fine for going around a city, but they will not be useful for a long way. Little cars will go 450 kilometers before they need to stop for more gasoline (汽油). If big cars are still used with the small ones, two kinds of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be needed for the big, faster cars and other roads will be needed for the small, slower ones.

(   )1.There is much pollution in the air today because _____.

A.people drive big cars                    B.people drive little cars

C.small cars will go 450 kilometers before they need to stop for more gasoline

D.the usual size of cars today is too small

(   )2.The usual size of cars today is _____.

A.much smaller than the future one             B.as big as the future ones

C.as small as the future ones                      D.bigger than the future ones

(   )3.Which of the following statements (陈述) is NOT TRUE?

A.Big cars cost more.                                B.Big cars are not useful for a long way.

C.The cars of the future will be smaller than today’s cars.

D.Small cars are slower than big ones.

(   )4.The streets will be less crowded because _____.

A.there will be fewer cars in the future       

B.there will be fewer people in the streets

C.three kinds of roads will be built                    

D.future cars will be smaller

(   )5.Two kinds of roads will be needed in the future because _____.

A.there will be too many cars in the future

B.more and more people will go to cities

C.big cars run faster and little cars run slower

D.it looks more beautiful to have two kinds of roads

Animals are people’s friends. But many wild animals are facing the danger of dying out, because the environment that they are living in has changed greatly. For example, their living area has become smaller and smaller because of pollution and the development of cities. They have no room to live in except the zoo. And many of the wild animals now can’t find enough food to eat. At the same time, man is killing off animals just for getting their fur, teeth and meat.

People should realize how serious the situation is and something should be done to protect the animals. We should set up some nature reserves so that animals can live freely. And people shouldn’t be allowed to kill the endangered (处于危险中的) animals. We should also do something to make our world cleaner. Fresh air, clean water and green grass are all important for animals. The death of the endangered animals will bring a disaster (灾难) to human beings.

根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。

(   )1.The number of the wild animals is smaller now.

(   )2.With the development of the cities, the living area for the animals has become smaller and smaller.

(   )3.Man is killing off animals just for fun.

(   )4.The wild animals are very safe now, because we have found a lot of useful methods (方法) to save them.

(   )5.All of us should try our best to protect the animals.

Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents 1 . He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed 2 　him. No one showed kindness (友善) to him. His only friend was a dog named Tige.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped 3 , she dropped other bags. He came to help her.“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”She said kindly, smiling.

A special feeling came to him. These were 4 　kind words he had ever heard. He watched her 5 　she went far away, and he whistled（吹口哨）to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.

“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”he repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low

　 6 　he said to his dog,“You are a nice little dog!”Tige raised 7 　ears as if（似乎）it understood.

“Uh! Even a dog likes it!”he said,“Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.”Tige waved its tail happily.

The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw　 8 　but a dirty boy. He washed his face 9 . Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed (震惊). From then on, he had a new life.

After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said,“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed (种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. 10 　a great power it has!” If you show kindness to others, you will be an able man.

(　 )1.A.dead　　　　　　　 B.dying　　　　　　　　 C.died　　　　　　　　　 D.die

(　 )2.A.at　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.to　　　　　　　　　　 C./　　　　　　　　　　　 D.of

(　 )3.A.picking it up　　　　　 B.picking up it　　　 C.to pick up it　　　 D.to pick it up

(　 )4.A.the first　　　　　　　　 B.first　　　　　　　　　 C.the last　　　　　　　 D.the first time

(　 )5.A.until　　　　　　　 B.before　　　　　　　 C.when　　　　　　　　 D.while

(　 )6.A.sound　　　　　　　　　 B.noise　　　　　　　　 C.noisy　　　　　　　　 D.voice

(　 )7.A.it　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.it’s　　　　　　　　　　 C.one’s　　　　　　　　 D.its

(　 )8.A.something　　　　　　 B.nothing　　　　　　　 C.anything　　　　　　 D.somebody

(　 )9.A.carefully　　　　　　　 B.careful　　　　　　　 C.careless　　　　　　 D.carelessly

(　 )10.A.What　　　　　　　　　 B.How　　　　　　　　 C.It　　　　　　　　　　　 D.It seemed

情景交际，选择句子，补全对话，其中有两项是多余的。

A: Hi, Zhou Qiang. Haven’t seen you for too long! 　1

B: I’ve just been to the Three Gorges (三峡).

A: Really? 2

B: Right. As you know, we’ve built a great dam (坝) across the Changjiang River.

A: 　3

B: Yes, the dam is stopping water these days. And the water is rising 2 meters every day until it is 135 meters high.

A: Oh, no wonder it’s said the beautiful scenery (风景) of Kuimen will be under water. What a pity!

B: 4 　It has been copied in another place with some other places of interest.

A: Great！I want to go to the Three Gorges this summer. Would you like to go there with me again?

B: I’d love to! 5

A.Is the dam beginning to work?　　　　B.But I haven’t been there yet.

C.Don’t worry.　　　　　　　　　　　D.Is it hard to build the dam?

E.Where have you been?　　　　　　　F.It’s reported that it has changed a lot.

G.We’ll see a new Three Gorges then.

—We really shouldn’t use plastic bags any more when shopping.

—_____ It’s important to protect our environment.

A.So do I.                    B.With pleasure.                   C.That’s OK.  D.So it is.

—Our country _____ progress in science and culture in recent years.

A.made such                 B.has made such                  C.made so             D.has made so

—What did our geography teacher say?

—She told us that the earth _____ around the sun.

A.moves                B.moved                       C.has moved          D.was moving